Economic and Health Disparities

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The Milken Institute Future of Health Summit Opens November 6 in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC (November 6, 2023) — Opening today, the 2023 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit gathers hundreds of speakers and attendees who are inspired to share ideas and advance work around this year’s theme: “Closing the Gap...
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Chad Clinton

Director, Media Relations
Chad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events.
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Power of Ideas

We Need to Rethink Behavioral Health Treatment in America

As our nation grapples with a mental health and substance use (behavioral health) crisis stemming in part from decades of insufficient funding for services and research, it is time for a significant investment in behavioral health treatment...
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Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD

CEO, American Psychological Association
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Stories from the Field

Joneigh Khaldun, MD - Stories from the Field

1. Tell us about your background and career path. What brought you to CVS Health, what are some of your main responsibilities, and what do you find most rewarding about the role? I am a practicing emergency medicine physician in a busy...
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Joneigh Khaldun, MD

Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for CVS Health
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Power of Ideas

The Health Equity Movement and the War on Cancer

The COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd brought to national attention inequities in the provisioning of health care in the United States—inequities that endanger the lives of millions of Americans. Those two historic events...
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Gary Puckrein, MD

President, National Minority Quality Forum
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Power of Ideas

Embracing Health Equity for the Rare Disease Community

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many of the long-standing health inequities in our society, which affect a wide range of quality-of-life outcomes and risks. For the 400 million people worldwide who are living with a rare disease, these...
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Tamar Thompson

Head of Global Corporate Affairs, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
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